• The Izhevsk Pond (Russian: Ижевский пруд) is an artificial body of water, or reservoir, created in 1760 at the urging of Peter Ivanovich Shuvalov for the needs of an iron works...
  • The depth of the Izhevsk pond, which reaches 12 meters, prevents the full purification of the reservoir.
  • Before the construction of first large hydropower plants of the Soviet period, the Izhevsk factory pond was one of Europe's largest man-made reservoirs.
  • The Izhevsk Reservoir was constructed in 1760 to supply Izhevsk industry with water.
  • Created in the second half of the 18th century, the Izhevsk Pond is one of the largest artificial reservoirs in Eastern Europe.
  • The reconstruction of the Izhevsk Reservoir Embankment began in 2007.